With Chris Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy in the bag, hits like X-Men: Days of Future Past ruling the box office, and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy surfacing on the horizon, we’re living in a Golden Age for comic book movies.
But even with Hollywood seemingly buying up the rights to anything it can get its hands on, there are still some fantastic comic book series yet to make the transition to the silver screen.
Which comic book adaptations would we put down our hard-earned bucks to enjoy at the multiplex? Read on to find out…
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
3 responses to “The comic books we wish Hollywood would make into movies”
Slaine, Zenith or Nemesis the Warlock would push my buttons.
Totally agree with Aquaman. We need an Aquaman movie, especially if we want a Justice League movie, he was one of the founders. Also, Aquaman has a really cool back-story. It would be a great origin movie.
IIRC, Preacher’s been in development hell for a *very* long time.
And none of these would hold a candle to JTHM if done right.